Cigar holder



April-1, 1925. 1,533,050'

F. WASCHEK cIGAH HOLDER Original Filed July 2o, 1922 Flai.

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Application inea my 2d, i922, seran No. 516,318. Renewed January-'22, 1925.

To nZZ 207mm it 'may concern Be it known that I,'FRANK WAsoHEK, a citizen of;v Poland, residing at Hamtramck, in the county'of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain newv and useful Improvements in Cigar Holders, of which the following is a specification.

'Ihis invention relates to new and useful improvements in cigar holders, and has for its prima-ry object thereof the production of a cigar holder so arranged as to receive a cigar wholly therein and to effectively prevent the ashes or fire upon the lighted end thereof from blowing into the face or dropping upon the 'clothing of thc smoker.

A further object ofthis invention is the provision of a holder for cigars so arranged as to be adjustable in length for receiving therein cigars of varying lengths.

lVith the above general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combina'- tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the acf companying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views- Figure 1 is a lon itudinal elevational view of my improved evice,

Figure 2 is a similar view with the mouth piece omitted from its/properposition and` showing the device as being open adapted to receive a cigar therein,

Figure 3 is -a longitudinal sectional view of the holder shown in Figure 1 with the mouth piece in. elevation, 4.

Figure 4 is a front endiview'of the device,

Figures 5, 6, 7, 8 and`9 are vertical cross sectional views upon the lines. V, VI, VII, V III, and IX respectively of Fig-nre l, cach looking inthe direction toward the monthcngaging end of the holder,

'Figure 10 is a longitudinal of the mouth piece employed in. with my cigar holder.

Referringv more' in particular to the sevconjunction eral views, there is shown aholder the.v

general configuration' ofa hollow tube' andl designatedl iu generalh "thef-numeral'vlr. :merg as to provide a..

Thedevice is sojfo reaiivelylong. main section 2 andv a short sectional view longitudinally adjustable end 'section Each of these-sections is divided into'longiportions formed upon the adjacent edges Y of the upper and lower longitudinal half sections 4 and 5 and the eye portions of the relatively" long section 2 are adapted to ex'.

tend outwardly of the side Walls thereof and the eye portions ofthe hinge in the end extensible section 3 are adapted to extend upon the inner walls thereof so as to allow free sliding movement of thc end' section within the main section 2.

The end section 3 is provided with any desirable numberiof longitudinal slots 7 for receiving the headed ends of small bolts or rivets 8 for permitting free Asliding movement of this end section 3 withinl the main section 2. The outer end of the upper longitudnalhalf section 4, of the end section 3 is provided with a downwardly depending skirt member 9 for closing the outer end of the holderl when the same is secured upon a cigar and it is to be noted that the outer edge of the bottom lon itudinal half section 5 of this end extensi le section is chan-- nelcd as at 10 in any desirable manner for receiving the adjacent edges of the depending skirt portion 9.

The opposite end of the holder is so formed as to securely retain therein a mouthpiece 11 which is in the form of a tube having a ared outer end for positioning within the similar end of the holder proper. As a means for vfirmly retaining the mouth piece 11 within this end ofthe holder duced end portion 12 and hingedly secured" as at 13 to this reduced endportion is an upper section 14' having 'fm-med Vupfnrits inner endthereof and: upon itsonterwall--4 thereof a bead portion 15 being-en aged by the reduced-channeled end 16er? he secured Vin any? convenient' mannen .as byfupon'the enlarged end of the mouth piece 11.the same will be advantageously retained within this adjacent end of t ie cigar holder.

lThe upper longitudinal half sections 4 of 4'it- Lwill therefore-be seen thatin` view of these-.perforated portions -of the holder a free circuiatipn of air `therein maybe malntained.' As/a means for firmly securing the half sections inv a closed position upon a jcigar, the adjacent ends off the two sections 'of themain, portion 2-.ofthe body 1 are provided with alocking means designated 1n general by the numeral 19.

the above. description it will be 4clearly noted that whenlthelholder is in an V-openpnsltion asshown in Figure,.2, a cigar maybe freely-.inserted therein vand the adjustable-'section'vso moyedaslto have its end 9 positioned slightly away from the lighted end of the cigar. After the cigar has been positioned within the holder the mouth piece llclearlydisclosed in Figure 10 as comprising two sections'20 and 21 screwthreadedly joined together as at 22 has its enlarged flared end positioned within the reduced portion 12 of the bottom section 5 of the main holder section 2 so as to be firmly secured therein b swinging thesmall section 14 downwar ly upon the pivot to be there secured by the locking means 17 and the overturned channel way 16 engaging upon the integral bead of the section when the upper section 4 is positioned as shown inl vFigure 1.

My improved type of'holder may be provided With any desirable form of hand holding means but for purposes of illustration I have shown the same comprising an angular block of Wood or similar material 23 secured to the bottom portionl of the main section 2 by screws 24.

In cigar holders of this general type the reduced mouth engaging end of the cigar is ordinarily adapted to Wedge within the mouth engaging end of the holder for firmly positioning the same Within the holder and for preventing any movement of the cigar therein. In my holder the reduced mouth engaging end of the cigar is also ada ted to be wedged within the reduced end o `the main section 2 and also Within the adjacent enlarged flared end of the mouth piece 11. It oftentimes voccurs however that even though cigars be so wedged within the holders that any undue shaking or vibration of the holder will cause the same to be disengaged therefrom with the consequent o ensitionin the cigar within such a reduced end of my older I have provided within-thc body thereof a substantially rectangular plate member 25 shaped tothe general curvature of the inner wall of the lower longitudinal half ysection 5 of the main longitudinal section 2. This section 5 of the holder is provided vwith an angled slot 26 and depending from the central point of this rectangular plate 25 is a pin 27. The pin 27 has an annular ange portion 28 substantially intermediate the y.tworends and surrounding this pin is afrelatively small barrel 29 having an opening in its lower end for receiving the (proJectingend/of the pin 27 and positione Within this'l barrel and above the said annular flange 28 is a small coiled spring 30 for normally positioning the rectangular platey 25 down into engagement with the ad'acent 'face of the lower longi- 3 tudinal section 5. The normal position of this plate 25 is as. shown in Figure 2 but when the cigar holder is in a closed position as shown in Figure 1 and has a cigar received therein should this cigar become loose f from the reduced end portion of the holder the smoker may by pressing the projecting end of the pin 27 force this rectangular plate 25 upwardly into engagement with the in 27 Within cigar and by retracting the the angle slot 26 it will readi y be seen that the cigar will be retracted within the holder proper and again engaged with the reduced end portion of the holder and the iiared cigar engaging end of the mouth piece 11. The operating end of the pin 27 may be provided with a linger en aging button 31.

Frein the above detaile description the operation and advantages of the present structure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art and while there is herein shown and described-the preferred embodiment of the present invention it isneVerthe- `less to be understood that minor changes' may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

What isclaimed is A cigar holder of the type described, comprisnga main tubular section and an exy tensible tubular section slidably secured within one end of the`main section, the opposite end of the main section being so formed as to firmly retain one eiido'f a mouth piece therein and means within the main section for ,engaging the adjacentcnd of the cigar within the adjacent lend of the mouth piece, said means comprising a plate member adapted for engagement with the cigar and having an o erating means cxtei'nally of the holder For retracting the same therein.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

FRANK WASCHEK. 

